grigri, that m at the end of your name was supposed to be a comma. m = , apparently
On May 2, 10:03 am, validkeys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > grigrim so you are saying that the model would unserialize the data on > an afterFind function? Rather than me manually looping through and > unserializing the data? > > On May 2, 8:33 am, grigri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I was going for this approach on a project a while ago... didn't do it > > in the end though. > > > I'm sure that it's always possible to avoid having to do this, but in > > some cases it might be well worth it. > > > There doesn't seem to be an easy, well-documented way of handling this > > sort of thing. I mean, where do you put the serialize() function - > > Model::set(), Model::deconstruct() ? Model::deconstruct() seems like > > the most likely place but how exactly does it work. > > > And then where's the unserialize() go? Model::afterFind() seems to be > > the best place, but depending on the find type and whether the model > > was called directly or as an association changes the structure of the > > data array [at least it used to in an older version - this might not > > be the case any more]. > > > It would be so much easier if the special handling for date fields was > > in an external behavior; all in one place so you could learn by > > example. > > > On May 2, 12:36 pm, validkeys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have an app which has 2 types of quote requests. Rather that have 2 > > > seperate tables with tons of fields, I serialize all of the form data > > > and just store it in one field. Besides the obvious searching > > > downside, is there any practical or standards downside to what i am > > > doing? > > > > I only ask because i am preparing for another project that might be > > > using serialize quite a lot and want to make sure that i am not being > > > a total moron in using serialize before i start planning for the > > > project. > > > > Thanks! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
